PAGEONE ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE WITH LEADING HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE PROVIDER KEY IT SYSTEMS LTD 22nd July 2005 - PageOne, the UK's foremost supplier of SMS messaging technology and services, today announces an alliance with Key IT Systems, a leading provider of temporary staffing management software and consulting solutions for the Healthcare sector. The alliance will see the integration of PageOne's leading messaging systems with Key IT's temporary staffing database software, thereby greatly improving communication and providing substantial cost savings for healthcare organisations.
Key IT Systems Ltd has been providing services in the temporary staffing sector of the NHS for the past 7 years. Its product range of database software and consulting services allow healthcare administrators to match temporary staffing needs with available nurses, doctors and administrative staff, thereby reducing hospital reliance on placement agencies. There are now 81 installations of Key IT's systems across the UK, covering approximately 312 healthcare sites.
The Office of Government Commerce has approved PageOne as a "National Provider of Paging and Messaging" services after being awarded "Approved Contracted Supplier" status for every major national contract awarded by the public sector for the past ten years. This accreditation has enhanced PageOne's credibility not just in the public and emergency services arena, but also in industry at large, making it the first choice communications supplier for many business sectors.
"The NHS as a whole spends approximately £1bn per year to meet its temporary staffing needs (Audit Commission report). Our services aim to help bring down these costs by reducing the need to use placement agencies to meet temporary staffing needs. By integrating PageOne's SMS messaging service with our software, communication between personal managers and temporary staff will be greatly improved. PageOne's services offer a robust means for managers to contact individuals or groups of shift workers in a quick and cost effective manner. We feel PageOne's highly professional service and extensive existing involvement with the NHS market, is the ideal match to our own products," commented Brian Fretwell of Key IT Systems Ltd
"With Key IT's well-respected software packages and our extensive experience in providing healthcare professionals with rock solid SMS messaging solutions, we've proved to be ideal partners. The integrating of our two services provides NHS managers with the best possible means to manage their temporary staffing needs. This alliance will add further value to our portfolio of paging and messaging systems, that already integrate seamlessly with other NHS systems like NHSNet," enthused Alistair Wren, Public Sector Sales Manager for PageOne
The main business benefit to both Key IT and PageOne will be further penetration and growth in the healthcare and government markets.
About PageOne.
PageOne has been providing award winning wireless messaging solutions for nearly 20 years and has established a track record of leading the field in the introduction of innovative products and services. PageOne owns and operates a UK paging network and provides business SMS messaging solutions; PageOne Paging and PageOne Connect respectively.
All PageOne systems are powered by the company's own flexible platform Oventus, developed to enable the seamless integration of mobile messaging across different networks and technologies. These services have consistently been designed to meet and exceed the demands of an increasingly mobile environment, providing reliable and cost effective communications to thousands of organisations across the government, NHS and major corporate sectors.
